Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior pdf

Stephen Rollnick's family were Russian/Polish immigrants to South Africa, and he grew up in Cape Town. After removing himself from Apartheid South Africa, he settles in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He trained as a clinical psychologist, and became interested in what makes for a helpful conversation about change. By coincidence he found himself on a fellowship to Sydney, Australia in the office next door William R. Miller, himself on sabbatical from New Mexico, US. They collaborated on the 1st edition of the now best selling text on Motivational Interviewing, and spent the following decades exploring it's use in diverse settings across the world. The journey took Stephen through a clinical and academic career, training efforts worldwide, work on HIV?AIDS in African countries, and more recently in education and sport. Making every conversation count, in building empathy and strong relationships remained the thread that bound his academic, clinical and training efforts. His writing and books were all designed to make a practical difference on the frontline of care and other settings.

Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior pdf by Stephen Rollnick

Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation, to medication adherence and safer sex practices. Engaging dialogues and vignettes bring to life the core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach into any health care setting. Appendices include MI training resources and publications on specific medical conditions.